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Julie Arnold; Jill Willis – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
Student experience of Assessment for Learning (AfL) pedagogies ideally provides multiple entry points for students to take past learning forward into future learning. In practice, points of disconnection may confound the accessibility of AfL's repertoire of practices. This paper investigates the AfL experiences of students with likely language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Language Impairments, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Marie Therese Farrugia – Journal of Education, 2024
Presently, in Malta, syllabi are being replaced by learning outcomes. For ages 3-7, the outcomes are framed holistically (e.g. identity, communication, etc.), and it is recommended that children learn mathematics informally through play and projects. For ages 8-11, learning outcomes are subject-based, and new mathematics textbooks are being phased…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Play
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Xiwei Zhu; Xueli Wang – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: This study explores how community college faculty adjust their instructional approaches and student supports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This research drew on a basic qualitative approach to analyze 18 semi-structured interviews with faculty teaching math or math-heavy courses at two institutions. Results: Our findings add to…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Distance Education
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Stefania Manca; Manuela Delfino – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
In this study, we adopt an ecological perspective to reflect on how a specific Italian school cluster adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on how students experienced the interplay between continuity and change in school teaching and learning practices caused by the pandemic. Specifically, the study investigates how the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergency Programs
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Piliouras, Panagiotis; Lathouris, Dimitris; Plakitsi, Katerina; Stylianou, Liana – World Journal of Education, 2015
The paper refers to the theoretical establishment and brief presentation of collaborative action research with the characteristics of "developmental work research" as an effective methodological approach so that science teachers develop themselves professionally. A specific case study is presented, in which we aimed to transform the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Case Studies
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de Groot Kim, Sonja – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
This study traces patterns of attendance, times of arrival and departure, and policies and practices surrounding enrollment and moving children from classroom to classroom in a child care center. It appears that children's efforts to acquire competence in developing friendships with their peers not only depends on their own capacities, but is also…
Descriptors: Play, Attendance Patterns, Young Children, Friendship
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Hitz, Mary M.; Somers, Mary Catherine; Jenlink, Christee L. – Young Children, 2007
Looping--which is sometimes called multiyear teaching or multiyear placement--occurs when a teacher is promoted with her students to the next grade level with the same group of children for two or three years. What results is a continuity of relationship with their teacher that enables children to flourish. In this article, the authors discuss the…
Descriptors: Looping (Teachers), Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Developmental Continuity
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Delahaye, Brian – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1987
The author administered the Student Orientation Questionnaire to 205 tertiary students to measure students' orientation towards pedagogy or andragogy. Results indicate that the second factor is independent of the first factor. Thus, he argues that the relationship between pedagogy and andragogy is orthogonal. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Andragogy, Developmental Continuity, Foreign Countries
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Barbour, Nita; Seefeldt, Carol A. – Childhood Education, 1992
Presents ideas from the book, "Developmental Continuity: From Preschool through Primary Grades." Developmental continuity is a way of providing instruction that permits children to progress according to their rate and style of learning. Curriculum approaches, classroom organization, and ways to begin are discussed. (LB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Developmental Continuity, Developmental Stages
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Lash, Andrea A.; Kirkpatrick, Sandra L. – Elementary School Journal, 1990
Discusses difficulties encountered by elementary students and teachers in classrooms where many students enroll, withdraw, or both during the school year. Patterns and effects of mobility are discussed. Recommends specific aids for teachers of students who change residence unpredictably. (GH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Techniques, Developmental Continuity, Elementary Education
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Ovalle, Robert A. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
One alternative to a traditional class is a looping class. What is "looping"? As described in the educational literature, looping is a practice that allows teachers to remain with their class for a period of two or more years. Looping has proved to be an effective process that increases student achievement, supports instructional time, and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Looping (Teachers), Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Kohler, Michelle – Babel, 2003
This paper describes a project that set out to explore teachers' engagement with the issue of continuity in teaching, learning, and assessment as a central dimension of transition. The project revealed that teachers are deeply concerned with questions such as what progress students are making and how to maximise students' learning in the short and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Continuity, Second Language Instruction, Academic Achievement
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Smilkstein, Rita Phipps – Journal of Developmental Education, 1993
Reviews research on the physiology of learning, suggesting the development of a new educational model consistent with natural brain development. Considers connected learning a physiological imperative. Discusses ways of using the Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) in the classroom and the development of an NHLP curriculum unit. (27 citations)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity
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Thoma, George A. – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Argues that genuine critical thinking requires the recognition of the evolutionary nature of knowledge. Discusses the Perry scheme of nine stages of cognitive development and the Nelson variant of Perry's stages. Discusses teaching methods that are based on this approach and provides suggestions for further research. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking
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Boyatzis, Chris J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Describes the use of fictional literature in a college-level developmental psychology class. Focuses specifically on Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and its relation to several child development topics. Contends that literature should be used more often as part of instruction, especially in the sciences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Design, Developmental Continuity
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